Signal is messaging service similar to the WhatApp. Over the past few days, it became the number one free app in the iOS App Store and the Google Play Store. However its arch competitor, WhatsApp helped it to gain popularity. WhatsApp updated its privacy policy earlier this month, and required users to accept that it shares some information with Facebook before continuing to use the app. This led confusion outrage among the users and people started to search for a reliable alternative. Since Signal is an “end-to-end encrypted” app, it became users number one choice.
On January 7, Elon Musk tweeted “Use Signal” and sent the valuation of the wrong company, tiny health care technology firm Signal Advance. Musk had been referring to the unrelated encrypted messaging outfit, which also benefited immensely from the tweet.
Signal was co-founded by Brian Acton, who also founded WhatsApp. After WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook, Acton left the company and created Signal App. Signal messages are never stored on the platform’s servers and can only be decrypted by the intended end-user. That means no one else will have the access of your chats and information.